“We just established that I’m a Belieber,” Depp said while shaking the “Never Say Never” star’s hand at a recent “Rango” press conference in Los Angeles. Depp was describing how he first channeled his ...

LOS ANGELES—Could the main character in the animated feature Rango have been inspired by Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean? That’s Johnny Depp’s theory. Watch the trailer for Rango.

Watch the trailer for Rango. The leading lizard, voiced by Johnny Depp, lives a lonely existence in a terrarium until one day he crashes out the back of a car in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

When Rango, a lost family pet, accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging town of Dirt, the less-than-courageous lizard suddenly finds he stands out. Welcomed as the last hope the town has ...